ARIS Slashes Documentation Times at Evonik Industries

技术

应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成

适用行业

化学品

适用功能

离散制造
质量保证

用例

预测性维护
过程控制与优化

服务

软件设计与工程服务
系统集成

挑战

Evonik Industries, a global industrial group, was facing challenges with its international operations. The lack of uniform representation standards and file formats for processes made it difficult to gain a cross-sectional view of the enterprise and prevented the development of a shared understanding of processes and process management. This became particularly clear when preparing for an SAP roll out in Greater China. The company was aiming for shorter documentation times and standardized process documentation, with the aim of reducing the number of process harmonization workshops to a minimum. The resulting documentation base would be used for future projects and help create a shared process understanding. The constant demand for training created an urgent need for comprehensive process documentation in China.

关于客户

Evonik Industries AG is a global industrial group that operates in over 100 countries. As of 2009, the company had revenues of 13.1 billion euros and a headcount of 39,000. The group’s activities in the fields of specialty chemicals, coal-fired and renewable energies, and residential property offer outstanding opportunities for profitable growth. Evonik is a global leader in the field of specialty chemicals. The company relies on SAP software to run its international operations.

解决方案

Evonik opted for the ARIS product portfolio to handle its SAP roll out more efficiently. The ability to use the same standard platform across all international locations, plus the intuitive way processes are displayed, convinced the company that ARIS would enable it to handle SAP roll out more efficiently. A further benefit was IDS Scheer’s global presence, which would ensure local support where needed. This was particularly useful in the case of the Tong Yi project in China, which was embedded in Evonik’s IT environment and supported by IDS Scheer China. All processes were documented using ARIS Design Platform and linked to SAP Solution Manager transactions. The integration with SAP Solution Manager was important because ARIS enables a link between modeled processes and their mapping in SAP without using SAP standard content.

运营影响

Harmonizing process representation with ARIS led to a shared understanding of processes across the group’s international operations.
The high level of process reusability in SAP projects reduced costs as well as process documentation times.
ARIS also improved the quality of IT project documentation and enabled better integration of business and IT views.

数量效益

Substantially reduced process documentation times, resulting in lower costs
Shorter familiarization times for new users and more flexible deployment of IT employees